<p>I'm moving into college next month and was talking to my roommate about what we should bring. She wants a tv but wants to split the cost of one. I don't have a problem with having a tv in the room, but I just don't want to have to pay for it since college is already expensive enough. Besides, who's going to have the tv when the school year is over? What should I do?</p>
<p>Tell her what you just told us. It’s not a negligible amount of money to you, the arrangement will present a serious question of settlement and ownership after the semester, and you don’t really want to watch TV.</p>
<p>Exactly. Just tell her that. I actually had an unpleasant moving out experience earlier in the semester, and it was great because I could just snatch the tv since it was mine and i paid for it. It would have been awkward to say “I’m leaving because you hate me, but give me my half of the money or let me take the tv.”</p>
<p>Thank you for responding! I’ll just tell her what I told you and hopefully, she doesn’t hate me.</p>
<p>You have the rest of your life to watch TV. Most colleges provide a million better ways to spend your time-from getting to know your hall mate better …to going to a campus wide concert or event. It often becomes an annoyance and source of problems between roommates. So you could also just say you don’t want one.</p>
<p>If you don’t pay for it, make sure to never watch it without her permission.</p>
<p>TVs don’t have to be expensive–in fact, my suitemates and I bought a used TV off craigslist for only $30 and it’s functional.</p>
<p>I bought a nice 32 inch HDTV off of Craiglist last summer for 90 bucks, cheap deals are everywhere, even Wal-Mart has a new ones ranging from 200-250.</p>
<p>But if your roommate wants a Sony 46 inch LCD tv that another issue.</p>
<p>If you’re doing it right… there will be NO time to watch TV.</p>